King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2047
Transliteration: erēmia
Phonetic Spelling: (er-ay-mee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a solitude, a wilderness
Meaning: a solitude, a wilderness
ἐρημία, ἐρημίας, ἡ (ἔρημος), a solitude, an uninhabited region, a waste: Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4; Hebrews 11:38; opposed to πόλις, 2 Corinthians 11:26, as in Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 1.
Word Summary
erēmia: a solitude, a wilderness
Original Word: ἐρημίαTransliteration: erēmia
Phonetic Spelling: (er-ay-mee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a solitude, a wilderness
Meaning: a solitude, a wilderness
Strong's Concordance
desert, wilderness. From eremos; solitude (concretely) -- desert, wilderness.
see GREEK eremos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2047: ἐρημίαἐρημία, ἐρημίας, ἡ (ἔρημος), a solitude, an uninhabited region, a waste: Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4; Hebrews 11:38; opposed to πόλις, 2 Corinthians 11:26, as in Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 1.